This year for Banned Books Week, I teamed up w @taradairman.bsky.social & Kellye Crocker, my co-leaders of the Colorado chapter of AABB, to showcase some of what we've been up to in Colorado this year, as well as why everyone should be thinking about banned books and some next steps for our state.

Nonstop enjoyment: VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE by @writersofrohan.bsky.social Cozy romantasy with a twist in the plot (villainess redemption) and an even tastier twist at the end. Coming November 18. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social

I can tell autumn is on its way because the giant jar of coconut oil in my pantry has solidified again.

Just took off my headphones and caught my partner pitching my book to one of his colleagues in a work call and I am blushinggggggg

Had to turn in my phone to get the battery replaced. Guy at repair shop told me they'd send me a confirmation email. Immediately tried to check email on phone. 🙃

The new Superman movie is a cozy fantasy, hear me out: 🐶 animal companion ❤️ wholesome characters ☕ warm beverages as a source of comfort 🌥️ grumpy x sunshine romance 🫂 found family/learning to depend on your community 🥹 the power of choosing to be good and kind

It's Non-Binary Peoples Day, so let me shout out my some of my favorite enbies, with books you can order AND preorder! HOLLOW by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social THE PRINCESS KNIGHT by @caitsbooks.bsky.social DANIEL DECONSTRUCTED by James Ramos you know where to shop: bookshop.org

📣 Hey BookSky! Want a chance to read VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE a few months early? @berkleypub.bsky.social is giving away 10 copies on Goodreads. Enter now thru August 4! Tell your friends! Tell your family! Tell your dog! Then give your dog a hug from me! tinyurl.com/bdf5vf35

What does Mahmoud v. Taylor mean for LGBTQ+ books, curriculum, and students in American public schools? A look at the ruling, its ties to where and how the Establishment Clause is interpreted, the chilling effect this will have, and what we need to be doing. bookriot.com/supreme-cour...

Propagating plants on top of your bookshelf is all well and good until you knock one over and have to scramble to save your books from spilled water and shattered glass

the insatiable urge to reread your favorite books, all while your tbr grows ever larger

The tension between lefties and the perpetual ink stains on our pinkie fingers.

“No worries if not” I say, fading deep into the forest from all my worries if not

"Emily what are you going to do once you turn in your manuscript?" Sleep. I will be sleeping for approximately 5-7 business days.

every new book i write teaches me just how much i still don't know about scrivener

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books

I've been dictating so many notes through voice to text while out for walks that my phone is finally starting to pick up on all the correct spellings for the made-up fantasy words in my book.

Not me scrolling on zillow and zooming in on all the listing photos that have bookshelves in them to see if the current occupants and I would be friends based on their reading tastes 😂

Please use this image as the reply post to all dems who're trying to compromise right now. You have my blessing.

it's a 'tucked into the corner of a cafe with hozier in my headphones and an iced coffee sweating through the glass' kind of writing day

So it turns out, writing a scene with food descriptions when you haven't eaten dinner will knock you over the line from hungry to hangry. It's me, hi, I'm the problem

I'm a Palatino girly!

The millennial urge to title all the chapters in my book like they're panic at the disco songs circa 2005

Oregonians: Please show your support for SB 1098, our state's Freedom to Read bill, by submitting written testimony to the House Committee on Education by 3 pm PDT today! This is an anti-discrimination bill for books. @authorsabb.bsky.social olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...

My partner went to Costco and came home with a special treat for me because he is a human golden retriever. Reader, the special treat was a huge jar of pesto that he bought on impulse because "Emmy loves pesto" and he wants to make homemade pasta and reminisce about our trip to Italy last year 🥹

This bill is absolutely insane, and basically begs for the necessity of librarian bouncers, keepin teens away from forbidden sections of the library It's absurd on its face, misleading, and will ultimately be needlessly expensive-- a similar bill in ID led almost immediately to litigation.

This is the (windstruck) face of a woman who just stood behind the Governor of Colorado as he signed into law a Freedom to Read bill that places stronger protections against book bans for public schools within her state.

My partner just now: "I'm proud of you for making it all day in a white shirt without spilling anything on it." I feel so seen. 🥹

Ah yes, the time-honored evening tradition of pulling a new book I'm excited about from my TBR stack, getting cozy on the couch, and... scrolling social media while the book remains unopened on my lap.

While you're distracted by a SCOTUS case about inclusive books in schools, the new leader at the IMLS is demanding that state librarians share what their grant money is being used for. I told you this would happen, and here it is.

So in the midst of the chaos and joy of Eastercon, @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I have set up a charity auction: Genre Creators for Trans rights in the UK and South Africa as a small personal response to what's happening in the world. You can bid on cool things here www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

Visiting my folks, brought the ARC of my book so they could see it. Woke up yesterday morning and my mom comes into the kitchen holding it and looking guilty, a bookmark placed at about 10 percent in: "Well you can't leave candy on the counter and expect me not to eat it." (1/?)

Celebrated reading several books from my TBR by buying more books for my TBR and now it is—[checks notes]—more. Yes, that is correct. It is now more books than it was before.

Did I get to hold my book for the first time yesterday? Yes. Did I immediately take her to the botanic gardens so I could stare lovingly at her during golden hour? Also yes.

Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

For whatever reason, this book does not want to be written anywhere except my couch lately. Apologies in advance to my back.

Re is fantastic if anyone out there needs a sensitivity reader for their work!

Organizing this presser with Judy Blume, Jason Reynolds, Alan Gratz, Lauren Groff and the @flfreedomread.bsky.social has been a highlight of my AABB labor so far. This presser is about HB 1539 in FL but it's also a master class in arguing against book bans.

Harper Collins did not sign. So weird how being owned by Rupert Murdoch means they can't even advocate for their own survival. Libraries are a HUGE part of all publishers' bottom lines. If you can't speak out bc it's right, speak out bc otherwise this destroys your bottom line ffs

✨ COZY FANTASY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: 2025 debuts edition! Sorry not sorry for adding to your TBRs but I promise, you'll thank me later. 📚💙 For the full list (including release dates and descriptions!) check out the full post here: www.instagram.com/p/DH_irZfJGv...

A stranger told me last night when I was walking home that I walk like a superhero and it is the energy currently carrying me through my day.

ATTN Cozy fantasy readers! 👀

I spent yesterday at the CO State Capitol testifying in support of SB25-063. Thanks to our efforts, this Freedom to Read Bill has passed through the House education committee and will now proceed to the House floor.

What I love about cozy fantasy is this: The world might be bad, and the heroes of epic fantasy might exist, but cozy isn't about them—it's about zooming in on regular folk. Trying to survive and take care of themselves and each other. Finding pockets of joy in a world where that's not always easy.

Happy Trans Rights Readathon! Some trans book recs for you!

This thread has been updated. New followers, I've been doing anti-book censorship coverage now for a very long time. This pinned post will have you covered.

Okay, 5am writers club, I get it now. I really do. It does feel great to have 3k words written by 7am... even if it means getting out of bed before the sun does.

VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE by @writersofrohan.bsky.social is on the FIRST PAGE of Netgalley’s Most Requested Books and I am squealing!! Come for the mildly homicidal houseplant, stay for the idiots to lovers and “there’s only one greenhouse.” www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...